Victoria Houston

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Victoria Houston
Born (1945-03-25) March 25, 1945 (age 79)
Rhinelander, Wisconsin, U.S.
OccupationNovelist

Victoria Houston is an American writer. She is the author of the Loon Lake Series, a series of murder mysteries. The mysteries are set in the Northwoods of Wisconsin against a background of fly fishing as well as fishing for muskie, bass, bluegill and walleyes. She has also written or co-authored over seven non-fiction books. Houston had been formerly married to a man nine years younger than herself, and their union led Houston to interview 40 couples in similar circumstances, resulting in the book Loving a Younger Man: How Women Are Finding and Enjoying a Better Relationship. [1] [2] [3] Houston lives and works in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. [4]

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